Biography:

Businessman; Publisher; civic leader.  Born– July 13, 1916, Flat Rock. Parents– Emory Lawrence and Josie E. (Atkins) Higginbotham. Married– Dorothy Burnham, February 20, 1937. Children– Three. Married– Miriam Cockrell Jackson, 1974. Education– Graduate of Anniston Business College, 1934. Employee of Anniston Star, 1928-1944; Strong Printing Co., 1944-1945; owner-operator, Higginbotham-Sawyer Printing Co.; member of corporation that purchased Jacksonville News, 1963. Member, Alabama Advisory Committee for Vocational Education, Anniston City Board of Education, Board of Trustees of Judson College, Southeastern Educational Research Laboratory. Elected to Alabama State Board of Education for two terms, 1974-82. Honorary degrees, Gadsden State Junior College, Judson College; Alabama Educational Leadership Hall of Fame, Troy State University. Deacon and chairman of board of deacons at Parker Memorial Baptist Church; Ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1991; served as Minister to Senior Adults, 1991-96. Anniston Star Man of the Year, 1970. Died December 22, 2009.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 2; Parker Memorial Baptist Church. Obituary, Anniston Star, December 2009.

Joint_Publication(s):

Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1887-1987. Anniston, Ala.; Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1987.